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To sum it up in two words, I have to say this is ....... (Simply Superb)

Your expertise, and mastery of the VSL VI's shine all over this piece. What a performance !

This is a great demonstration of how wonderful the VSL-VI's can sound, when a good amount of attention is given to detail, such as expression, good orchestration, mixing, creative use of the VSL-VI's capabilities, and not to forget, the tasteful use of high-quality IR reverb such as Altiverb (not too much, not too little, just the right amount of reverb IMHO is very critical to achieve that natural instrument timbre, and cohesive ambience of a concert hall).

Another amazing fact is that all of this was done using 7 VSL-VI Instruments. Now that makes writing a pleasure ! I can just imagine the amount of individual tracks this piece would have required if the VSL-VI's did not exist, but they DO !

If your time allows ... I have a few questions,

Q1) Which VSL-VI's did you use for this Ravel piece ?

Q2) What are your thoughts on the usability of the "short-string- articulations" of the "Appassionata Strings" , especially for applications where you need to write fast tempi string lines ? can they do it ? or not ?

Q3) I'm, guessing that you used only one instance of Altiverb's "TODD AO IR", is that the case ? if not .. some more details on how many reverbs were used would be very appreciated.

and finally....

Q4) Would it have been possible to write this piece using only the VSL-SE (standard + exp.- Plus) ? Well ... unless that is what you used for this Ravel piece

I used the flute and clarinet from Woodwinds I-- the violin, viola and cello from Solo Strings-- and the Harp #2 from the Harps package.

Originally Posted by muziksculp

Q2) What are your thoughts on the usability of the "short-string- articulations" of the "Appassionata Strings" , especially for applications where you need to write fast tempi string lines ? can they do it ? or not ?

There are some very usable short articulations in the Appassionata Strings package. I particularly like the new violin harsh articulation. However, there are not as many "short" strings options in the Appassionata package as there are in the Orchestral Strings packages.

Originally Posted by muziksculp

Q3) I'm, guessing that you used only one instance of Altiverb's "TODD AO IR", is that the case ? if not .. some more details on how many reverbs were used would be very appreciated.

1 instance of Altiverb only.

Originally Posted by muziksculp

Q4) Would it have been possible to write this piece using only the VSL-SE (standard + exp.- Plus) ? Well ... unless that is what you used for this Ravel piece

I think you could get close with VSL-SE-PLUS but you would sacrifice some of the subtle performance nuances and colors.